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, :;V* jLMMM.m. ILLENOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE BAST.'*1 i of Deputy Collector Smith, v)n vm reoently deposed from the New Todk Custom House, were found to be ™ $5,006 short The nephews of fkoHtel J. Tiiden have concluded to con­ test tU clause of the stateman's will creat- iigtlnut for New York Citv A slug­ ging match between John L. Sullivan and Fratilt Hearld came off at Allegheny City. Zhsflght was short and vicious, the event beia| wopped by the police during the mortnfl round. The referee awarded the Sullivan, who gave ample evidence thathe could have knocked Hearld out. Th> Unitarian Conference, in session at Saratoga, subscribed $11,000 to help re­ build the Charleston churches... .A severe front damaged vegetation throughout north- mi New Hampshire and Vermont. GEOROE M. BARTHOLOMEW, President of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Com­ pany, is a defaulter for $127,000, and has disappeared from Hartford. He at one time indorsed for the company $800,000 worth of paper which eould not otherwise be marketed. He was manager of many leading enterprises, especially the FishkiU Boad. The directors of the insurance company have asked Judge Pardee to ap­ point a receiver. In a riot between a party of drunken police and city officials in the Fifth Ward •t Philadelphia William Powell was prob­ ably fatally shot, and Charles Petroff was beaten until he was insensible and will probably die It is said that Bartholo­ mew, the fugitive President of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company, has been stealing right and left for years from the concerns in which he had been interested. Hartford banks, it is alleged, hold $2,000,- 000 of his paper, and the Schuyler Electric light Company will lose $'200,000. THE WEST. * Dx. CASEWELL, State Veterinarian of Illinois, has discovered plenro-pneumonia among distillery cattle in and about Chi­ cago. Strict quarantine has been estab­ lished, and there is every probability that nearly three thousand beeves will be slaughtered Martin Irons was arrested at Kansas City tad taken to St. Louis to answer to an indictment for complicity in tapping the private wire running into Vice President Hoxie's residence C. S. Hayes, editor of the Traver (Cal.) Tidings, while chatting with his betrothed, Miss Lulu Smith, in the house of Dr. Lovelace, of Lemoore, Cal., was shot and Instantly killed by some unknown person, who in the darkness managed to escape. The shot was fired through a street wire- acreen door, near which Hayes was sitting. A lover, who was jealous of Hayes' at­ tention to Miss Smith, has been arrested on suspicion. THE case of The United States vs. The Bell Telephone Company was begun Sept. 80 at Cincinnati, Circuit Judge Jackson and District Judges Sage and Walker oc- cupying the bench. Argument was begun against the jurisdiction of the court. Ex- Senator Thurman and ex-Senator Joseph £. McDonald are opposing counsel in the ease. Mr. Thtirman was serenaded at Columbus, and in a speech said: "I shall never again hold office--never be able to reward friends or punish foes." THE banking firm of Lee & Brown, at Saranac, Mich., is reported to have col­ lapsed, and that Brown has fled to Canada. ®*e liabilities, due to workingmen and farmers, are $30,000, with no tangible as­ sets. Lee asserts that $6,000 wortn of the firm's paper is a forgery The business portion of Greenfield, Neb., was destroyed by fire, creating a loss of $40,000. UMPIBE POWERS was mobbed in De­ troit because of his decisions in the Chi­ cago-Detroit base-ball game. After the game, which was lost by Detroit, a stone was thrown into one of the carriages con­ taining the Chicago players, one of whom was injured by the missile.- Two of the Chicago men attempted to capture the of­ fender, but were beset by a crowd and menaced with sticks and umbrellas, Tom­ my Burns being struck on the head. The other players soon forced their way through the mob, and the incident was brought to an end The investigations by the Live­ stock Commissioners clearly establish that the disease among the distillery cattle in Chicago, which has resulted in the quaran­ tine of several thousand, is the deadly plenro-pneumonia. JAMES HOWE, who published the first sporting paper in the United States, died last week at Lafayette, Indiana.... A col­ lision on the Missouri Pacific Boad, in a onijust outside Independence, killed both engineers and wrecked eight car-loads of live-stock. AT a meeting in Chicago of the Illinois Board of Live Stock Commissioners, at ^rhich Governor Oglesby, Attorney Gen­ eral Hunt, and parties representing the beef and cattle interests of the Stock Yards were present, it was decided to slaughter at once the 2,000 head of cattle now in quar­ antine at the Harvey farm and the sheds of the four distilleries in Chicago. The State Is obliged to pay the owner for all sound animals slaughtered. It was estimated that a fair average price would be $33.33 ahead- If all the quarantined cattle are killed-- about three thousand head in all--tue cost to the State would approximate $100,000, not allowing for those animals found to be diseased, on which the owner must stand the loss. It is calculated that it would take $20,000 or $30,000 more for other expenses. LIGHTNING at Lima,Ohio, set fire to sev­ en! oil tanks, the flames from which de­ stroyed the machinery of many wells. Bams and houses were burned, and three persons were stunned by the electric fluid. ... .Hailstones six inches in circumference fell at Madison, Wis., breaking 10,000 panes of glass, and denuding trees of leaves and twigs. In a few instances iron roofs were riddled... .The Catholic convent at Urbana, Ohio, was unroofed by wind, and Shade and fruit trees suffered severely. ? THE SOUTH. ward on public tmsfnfeti. fife will visit the Soldiers' Homes at Dayton. Milwaukee, and Leavenworth, and inspect several of the pension agencies. THB President, lbs. Cleveland, and Mrs. Folsom, Col. and Mrs. Lamont, and Master Lamont retained to the capital on Wednesday, Sept. 23. They all looked the better for their vacation. The Presi­ dent looked particularly well. The Presi­ dent expressed himself as thoroughly de­ lighted with his trip, but glad to get 'back to work again. Col. Lamont said that the President had found Secretary Manning in good health and spirits at their interview in Albany, that there was no truth in the story that Manning had insisted upon the acceptance of his resignation, and there­ fore there was, of course, nothing at all in the rumor that he would be appointed to a foreign mission Secretary Lamar has had a vacation in New Hampshire. Gos­ sips assert that he is about to marry Mrs. Holt, a handsome and wealthy widow of Macon, Ga., to whom he paid attention in his early yeafs. POLITICAL. . COMMISSIONER OBERLT, in a brief card, says a distinguished advocate of civil-serv­ ice reform in New York has begged him to end his controversy with Dorman B. Eaton, and therefore he will not expose what he calls Mr. Eaton's "many misstatements of facts and perversions of the record.".... The official returns from Maine give Bod- well (Rep.), for Governor, 12,850 majority over the Democratic candidate. CONGRESSIONAL nominations: Ornam Pierson, Republican, Twelfth Illinois Dis­ trict; Frank Hiscock, Republican, Twenty- second New York; Charles R. Buckalew, Democrat, Eleventh Pennsylvania; James Phelan, Democrat, Tenth Tennessee; W. E. Robinson, Democrat, Sixth Louisiana; C. Newtou, Democrat, Fifth Louisi­ ana; Amos Townsendi Republican, Twenty-first Ohio; R. W. Dunham, Republican; First Illinois; Andrew Hab en, Republican, Sixth Wisconsin; Lewis C. McComas, Republican, Sixth Maryland; William Elliott, Democrat, Sev­ enth South Carolina; James Brocklin, Dem­ ocrat, Eighth Wisconsin; Joseph E. Wash­ ington, Democrat, Sixth Tennessee; John P. Sanborn, Republican, Seventh Mich­ igan. DB. A. C. WEDGE, of Albert Lea, pre­ sided over the Minnesota Republican State Convention, at St. Paul. A. R. McGill was nominated for Governor, A. E. Rice for Lieutenant Governor. Hans Matteson for Secretary of State; W. W. Broden for Auditor, Joseph Bobletter for Treasurer, and M. E. Clappfor Attorney General. The platform adopted favors laws prohibiting railroad companies from furnishing passes to legislators; the establishment of a bu­ reau of labor statistics; the payment to women of the same wages paid to men for the same labor; the prohibition of the employment of children under 12 from working in mines, etc. It opposes prison labor. It favors the free coinage of silver, and declares that laws should be en­ acted making employers liable in damages to employes injured in their services, wheth­ er the employes are negligent or not. It favors the reduction of the tariff on the necessaries of life, and declares in favor of civil-service reform The committee ap­ pointed at the National Labor Convention to select a State ticket for Massachusetts met at Boston last week and agreed on the following: Governor, George E. McNeill, of Boston; Lieutenant Governor, Robert Howard, of Fall River; Secretary of State, A. A. Carleton, of Somerville; Treasurer and Receiver General, Frank K. Foster, of Haverhill; Auditor, T. C. Thompson, of Boston; Attorney General. Asa F. TT«ll, of Hudson. THE RAILWAYS. THE President of the Hudson Bay Rail­ way Company sent a cablegram from Lon­ don to Winnipeg stating that financial arrangements have been made for the im­ mediate commencement of work, and that rails are being shipped Robert Harris has been re-elected President of the North­ ern Pacific Road. The gross earnings for the year ending with June were $11,730,527, and the taxes and operating expenses were $6,156,263. To complete the Cascade di­ vision $3,500,000 will be required. E. P. WILSON, at present commissioner of three railway associations, will next month become General Passenger Agent of the Northwestern Road, R. S. Hair having resigned. THE citizens of Freeport, HI., have given $75,000 worth of lands and buUdings to the Illinois Central's new branch, in con­ sideration of securing the division shops. FIFTY sleeping-car porters met at St. Louis, and organized the Sleeping-car Porters Association. They have drawn up a petition, which will be forwarded to aU the companies, asking for increased pay. ... .The Superior Cogrt at Taunton, Mass., decided that sleeping-car companies are liable for losses sustained by passengers while in the cars, and the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the ruling. The plaintiffs sued for money which had been stolen from their vests, which they had concealed in their berths. CUENERAfii . CAPT. ABBEY, commanding the revenue steamer Corwin, reports that he has taken to Nanai Nio, B. C., twenty-two British seamen released from seized sealers, and that the master and mates of the captured craft have been convicted and sentenced to fines or imprisonment, or both. THE terms of a commercial treaty be­ tween the United States and Great Britain were some time since agreed upon by both parties, and the document is now under consideration by the Cabinet at Ottawa. It amicably settles the fisheries question, and deals largely with reciprocal trade with Canada. FOBE16H. being no law in Louisiana against the intermarriage or oohabitation of Mces, the people of Bossier Parish have started a practical movement for the aboli­ tion of miscegenation, and appointed a vigilance committee of nineteen to serve notices on white men living with negro women. Miss WINNIE DAVIS, daughter of the Confederate President, was made an honor- •If member of R. E. Lee Camp at Rich­ mond, Va., Governor Lee investing her With the badge of membership There Was a violent shock of earthquake at Charleston and Summerville, on the 21st S* September. In the former city part of the wall of the wrecked medical colleee was thrown down. 8 Tut Governor of Texas has been asked fcy relatives of the deceased to approve Of papers claiming from the Mexican Government damages of $100,000 for the murder of Erreswes by the 0f B ... ̂ _ ASHl^CTOH. G the last fiscal year the star-route cost $5,414,804--a decrease of i^ped with the nrevioqsjear. as com could with flte floor-mats and seat-sections. Several wen hurt. The situation was dreadful until the inilitiiytescned them and escorted them to a plana of safety. The funeral cortege of a man named Boyle, while re­ turning from the oemetery, was attacked by a mob, who assailed the mourners with stones. The military charged on the mob and arrested a score of rioters. Anothar mob in a different locality attacked with stones the Black Watch Regiment of Welsh­ men, although the soldiers were fully armed and in fighting array. The troops with fixed bavoneis charged in double-quick time on the mob and drove them from the scene, wounding a great number of the rioters and arresting two.... All of the officers implicated in the attempt at revolution in Madrid have been condemned to death. The common soldiers generally "repent of their folly and are yielding to the authorities. They blame their officers for leading them astray. A band of rebels at Ocana, Spain, killed its commanding officer and then re­ turned to its allegiance and prayed for mercy. Loyal soldiers are still scouring the, country in search of the insurgents. Arrests of persons of well-known repub­ lican views continue... .In the British House of Commons Mr. Parnell's bill for the suspension of evictions was defeated by a vote of 297 to 202... .Mr. Gladstone denies that he is about to join the Catholic Church. . ̂ ADDITIONAL NEWS. A HORRIBLE tragedy is reported from Cuba, Crawford County, Mo. Malcolm Logan and his family, consisting of a wife, three children, and an adopted girl 7 years old, were killed on their farm near that Elace. The first suspicion that the crime ad been committed was developed when a neighbor discovered a trail of blood lead­ ing to the house. He followed it. The fir*t object he discovered when he entered the house was the body of the adopted girl lyjng in the half. The girl had been killed with a hatchet. The rear portion of the house was burned down, and in the ruins were found the charred re­ mains of Mrs. Logan and her three chil­ dren. The body of the father was missing. The trail of blood was again followed, and a mile and a half from the house Logan's body was found. He had also been killed with a hatchet, and his body was dragged some distance to the railroad track and placed on the rails. Logan had recently disposed of some property and re­ ceived $1,300, and robbery is supposed to have been the motive for the crime.... Arguments in the Bell telephone suit were concluded last week at Cincinnati, and the court took the case under consideration. Tae court decided that it would hear the Government demurrer for the sub-com­ panies at the December term at Columbus. .... Two members and two clerks of the late Board of Public Works of Cincinnati have been arrested for the embezzlement of sums ranging from $10,000 to $15,000. Knight Templar A. C. Strong, of Na- gerville, 111., was killed by the cars near t. Louis while returning from the con­ clave. THE relief committee of Charleston, S. C., in answer to inquiries from all parts of the country, authorize the statement that, while they are able to furnish sub­ sistence and temporary shelter to all who need it, the relief fund at hand and in prospect will fall far short of the money needed to put in habitable condition the homes of persons who are unable to repair their buildings without public aid. Govern­ ment engineers have inspected GOO buildings out of 7,000 in the city, and estimate the damage to those inspected at $2,000,000s- Their inspection, however, covers most of the costliest structures. In assisting needy householders to make residences habitable the committee will deal first with those whose losses are small... .Frank S. Hum­ phreys was hanged at Milledgeville, Ga., for murdering Carrie Raines and Ella Humphreys, the latter his kinswoman, on March 4. He confessed his guilt to the Sheriff, but made no statement on the scaffold. THE Grand Commandery, Knights Tem­ plar, befo^concluding its. conclave at St. Louis, decided to hold the next conclave at Washington the second week in October, 1889....The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd-Fellows at their meeting at Boston selected the city of Columbus, Ohio, as the place for the permanent headquarters of the order. AN audience large enough to fill Mc- Vicker's spacious theater from the fre­ quently mentioned front row to the emer­ gency chairs that burst forth from the rear walls greeted charming little Lotta with in­ cessant rounds of laughter and applause, says the Chicago Daily News. This gen­ eral favorite has the reputation of being the wealthiest lady in the profession, and the pleasant report is surely well grounded, since for years she has enjoyed phenomenal prosperity. Time sits lightly on her shapely shoulders, and treats most generously her agile frame. Nor is her success undeserved. She is as conscientious in her work to-day as she was when entering upon her career. The reward that has come to her is of a nature to prove that, despite the jests of the care­ less, there is genuine merit in what she does. Within the limits of her chosen line of endeavor she may be termed incomparable. This merry sprite, this tuneful little fairy, who manip­ ulates with subtle sorcery our lachrymal glands and our cachinnatory organs, will glance on and sing on and keep us always laughing and weeping at her sweet will. She appeals to all alike--the young, the old, the grave, the gay, the rich, the poor, the lowly, the proud--all own the spell ot little Lotto's fascinations, and all surrender to it cheerfully. Her engagement at Mc- Vicker's Theater lasts for another week. COLONEL DCPAKS writes from Havre that the French .Government will take no steps toward the .repeal of the decree against American pork The American Consul at Trieste reports that Russian pe­ troleum is crowding out the Pennsylvania product an account of the lower prices.... A regiment of infantry, with a number of men from two cavalry regiments, in all numbering about threa hundred, attempted a revolution at ' Madrid. They deserted their barrracks, after beating their officers and wounding three, and marched in two bodies through the town, being joined en route by many ci­ vilians. One body went to the Prado, where 2,000 troops were quartered, whom the revolutionists expected to join them The other body went hurrahing through the center of Madrid, calling on the peo­ ple to join in the revolution, crying Live the republic!" and making all kinds of threats against the monarchy. The insurgents attempted to secure pos­ session of the arsenals, books, and barracks, which they attacked with open fire,'but all these places were well and suc­ cessfully defended, and the rebels-acre re­ pulsed. Finally, their reverses iH'awing them together, "the insurgents attacked ana got possession of the Southern Railway. After a short fight at the railway the loyal troops dislodged the revolutionists, who dispersed into the country. DURING the fierce riots In Belfast last week a mob got into a light in a tram-car stable, and, surging out into the street, threw a passing car from the track and overturned it. The car was filled with pas­ senger!. The terror-stricken passengers close under the seats and ' i > crowded PTl^f , THE MARKETS, • MEW YORK. BBBVES $4.25 HOGS. 4.75 WHEAT--No. L White. 85 No. 2 Red 85 COBN--No. 2, .47 OATS--White 85 POHK--New Mess 11.25 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers 5.25 Good Shipping 4.25 Common 8.00 HOGS--Shipping Grades.. 4 25 FLOTZB--Extra Spring 4 25 WHEAT--No. 2 Ked 74 COBN--No. 2 87 OATS--No. 2 .25 BCTTEB--Choice Creamery 23 _ Fine Dairy 16 CHEESE--Full Cream, Cheddar.. .11 _ Full Cream, new Uj EGGS--Fresh ,JA POTATOES--Early Kose, per bu.. .SO PORK--Mess. 9.50 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash .73 COBN--No. 2 «7 OATS--No. 2 " *05 RYE--NO. 1 '* *51 PORK--Mess ^59 WHEAT--NO. 2 TOLEDO. COBN--No. 2 ' " "40 OATS--No. 2 95 „ „ DETROIT.' * BEEF CATTLE 4.00 Hoos 4<J0 SHEEP 8.50 WHEAT--Michigan Red".'.*.",*'.*."..'. .7A CORN--No. 2 IA OATS--No. 2 White*£ _ „ ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 74 COBN--Mixed ' OATS--Mixed !!."! .25 POHK--New Mess 10 00 , CINCINNATI.' WHEAT--No. 2 Red ... 77 COBN--No. 2 I!.... 41 OATS--No. 2 27 pomk -Me«» •.. 10.00 LIVE HOGS.... A SO BUFFALO." WHEAT--No. 1 Hard » COBN--No. 2 CATTLE i'n INDIANAPOLIS. BEEF CATTLK Boos ] SHEEP WkJTAT--No. 2 Mixed CORN -̂ No. 2 OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Bent 4™ Fair 4.25 Common....; 3.00 MoSfi Than a Hundred Acres Taken from the Public wm Jomain in Five Yeart^^, • " ' [Washington special.] <; i- The amount of public lands disposed of the past five years is JJOO,974,134 acres. This is equal to four States like Kentucky, four like Indiana, nearly three like Illinois, or one like California. It is a good deal larger thau Great Britain aud Ireland, and iS equal to aboutthree-fourths of France or Germany. On an average the United States has disposed of one Ireland per annum for the post live years. The area disposed of last year was 20,974,134 acres, which is nearly a million acres more than the previ­ ous year, but nearly six million acres less than in 1884, when more than eleven mil­ lion acres were disposed of in Dakota alone. Dakota, which in 1879-80 jumped far ahead of Kansas and which has been immensely ahead of Nebraska since that year, has fallen now to the rear of both these States. Nebraska dropped below a million acres in 1881 aud 1882, but it has riseh above three million acres in each of the last three years. Kansas has come rapidly to the front, part­ ly because the extraordinary Dakota boom has spent much of its force, and partly be­ cause there has been some rainfall lately in the western part of the State. Kansas fell from a million and a half acres in 1880 to Jess than a million in 1882, but the acreage disposed of in Kansas rose to nearly four­ teen hundred thousand in 1884, over three millions in 1885, and more than five and a half millions last year. Last year the total receipts from public lands were $7,412,767, and the total expenses $625,234. There were 37,836 cash sales, including pre­ emptions, desert-land entries, etc., cover­ ing 3,773,498 acres, for which $5,757,891 was received. There were 61,638 homestead entries, covering 9,145,135 acres, for which $892,210 was re­ ceived. There were 34,996 timber-culture entries, covering 5,389,309 acres, for which $480,630 was received. The follow­ ing table shows tho disposals for cash and under the homestead and timber-culture laws by States and Territories for the vear 1885-6: Timber culture entries, acres. • Btates. Alabama..,,,,,, Arkansas........ Arizona California Colorado . Dakota Florida Idaho Iowa ; .„. Kansas Louisiana....... Michigan M innesota Stississippi.^.... Missouri.. ...%*.. Montana.......... Nohraska........ Nevada ..... j New Mexico...., O r e g o n . . . ; . TTtnlj Washington..... Wisconsin....... Wyoming........ Cash sales, acres. 27, '.'25 .... 24,891 b20,40:j 282,598 70G.01K) 7l),8S:t 110,157 420 396, :«4 49.1<H 47,778 110,702 31,!»0l 20,42.) 152.:W.) 477.ffl«J 57:J 117,953 114,821 9-V220 00,88 > 131,845 293,132 Homestead. entries, acres. 107,687 240,884 2S, 027 472,116 281,801 1,185,138 139,474 102,332 iW7 3,224,214 81,647 50,550 235,810 05,874 244,155 08,033 1,590,410 2,717 67.801 287,231 70,075 2!K),513 105,700 59,447 2, ( 8 ) 15,772 155,671 • 719,917 1,116,200 40, 2,8(»!»' 1,920,80$: 9,91f| 65,020 43,031 007,704 120 15,003;" 93,10# 25,682 85,045 100,107 DEIMH.E& IN A A Panenger Train Narrowly Etoapes Tumbling Down an AwffcT * Chasm in , . v;. D#e»ver special. 1 *y TBI Who arrived this hiornmg on the Salt Lake train report an almost miraculous escape from a fearful accident in the Black canyon yesterday morning. Mr. W. F. Wakeman, formerly business manager of the San Francisco Altai who was on the train, thus describes the acci­ dent: ."At about 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning our train, consisting of thirteen cars, drawn by two engine <, was coming through the canyon at a rate of about twenty miles per hoilr. I suddenly felt a shock, then a series of bumps and jars that con­ vinced me that the train was off the track. In the rear of the Pull­ man, in which I was, was the private car of General Superintendent Bancroft, and attached to his car w»<< an observation car. Here nearly one hundred passengers, including Sir. Palmer and his Madison, Square Company, en route to Denver, were gathered, contemplating the beautiful scen­ ery through which we were passing. The first jolt frightened everybody, and in an instant a perfect panic prevailed. Ladies fainted, others became hysterical, while men blanched with fear, but compelled the ladies to remain quiet. Each moment we expected to be dashed to pieces against the rocks, or else be thrown into the canyon below. One young man named Barnev, a commercial traveler, was standing on the steps at the time the cars left the track, lie became so, thoroughly frightened that he jumped blindly forward. He was thrown vio­ lently against the rocks, and kept bounding between them and the cars until they were stopped. The horrible jolting continued for a distance of neatly three hundred yards. When the train stopped we carried Mri Barney into the cars, and gave him every possible attention. Fortunately, he had sustained no serious injuries internally, and we patched up his bruises as best we could. When the train reached Pueblo he was turned over to the care of a physician. Those of the cars off the track were badly wrecked, and the escape of the train from being hurled into the bottom of the canyon is almost marveloub. The nerve and pre s­ ence of mind of the engineer were all that prevented the train from being a wreck on the rocks below, for had the.irain gone a few feet further it could hot have been saved." BASE-BALL. The Champion Chicago Olub in the Lead, and Will Again £ly the Pen­ nant Total........3,773,498 9,145,135 5,389,309 THE HOG CHOP. Estimates of the Nationul Agricultural De­ partment. [Washington special.] The September crop report, issued by the Department of Agriculture, says, by way of summarizing the estimates from different localities, of the hog crop: The retiirns of the number of hogs for fattening indicate about 6 per centC reduc­ tion in numbers. Should prices increase, however, tho breeding stock might be de­ pleted and increase the numbers for slaughtering. Ther» appears to be an in- rea-c of swine in the Territories and on lie P4liiic coast. The following figures give the numbers of hogs fattening, as compared with last year, and the average condition as to weight and size. In both cases the figures are per­ centages: • . " NUM- Con- State. ber. ilitioq. Ohio <M • 95 Michigan....... 9| 93 Tuiliana.... 96 97 Illinois 90 93 Wisconsin,. 93 95 Minnesota .....105 100. Iowa 97 92 Missouri........*. 99 90 Kantsa8. ....*. 90 90 Nebraska 98 95 Averaging these figures,the number is 94.8 per cent, of last year, aud the coudition 94 per cent, of an average. The figures for all the States aud Territories give the fol­ lowing percentage: Number, 93.7; condi­ tion. 93.9. Dakota reports ene-fifth more hogs than last year, aud states the coudi­ tion at 97 per cent. All the other Terri­ tories report slightly greater numbers of hogs than last year. Great Britain reports JG'i,N34 fewer swine in 1880 than in 18-44, a falling off of 14 per ceut. Ireland reports in 188(i the same humber of swine as in 1884, and about 180,000 more than in 1885. The province of Ontario reports 860,125 swine in 1880 as against 822/202 in 1885. 3.50 & 4.50 4.00 & 4.50 2.26 4.00 .7654® .76% " 9 .88^ .26 6.35 4.75 4.00 1- V HOOB 6.00 & 5.50 . * „ ? . » , ' - Labor and Laborers. TWO HUNDUEP carpenters in Bath, Me., are ou a strike against a reduction. THE Cleveland Leader is now fighting boycott inoveuieiit. This is its second tussle. ONLY one person in every two hundred in 'Now York City owns the house he lives in. THE Dominion Government proposes to establish at once a Bureau of Labor Statis­ tics at Ottawa. TVPOORARHICAII UNION, NO. 12, of Baltimore, has ordcrod that all non-uuion offices be boycotted. A CO-OPERATIvn stove company lias been organized iu Blooiniugtou, 111., with a capital of $10,000. TWET,VF. HUNDRED bauds have been dis­ charged iu two weeks in the Moquette Car­ pet Mills, at Vonkers, N. Y., on accouutof boycotting. THE Jack Tars of San Francisco, to tho number of 1,000. members of the Coast Seamen's Union, ate idle, and many ships are tied up. THE lusters of Lynn, Mass., have been frightened over the invention of labor-sav­ ing machinery which threatens to throw thuiu out of work. ALT. the knit-goods mills at Amsterdam, N. V., are controlled by an association which sbut-dowu everything, throwing out 3,000 hands, on a question of unionism. THE workingmen throughout the country are talking a great deal about political action, and will no doubt do better than they have done heretofore in that direction. THE Knights have grown rapidly in Can­ ada since the recent priestly order was given. There are twenty-4hree assemblies in the Topeka (Kan.) district. The Knights of Labor membership is increasing at an unprecedented rate in Cincinnati. A Knight's co-operative Btore has been or­ ganized at Denver. THE railroad compauies are very heavy buyers of all kind of material, and in rail­ road shop i throughout tho West the labor force has boen increased considerably since Sept. 1. Throughout tho New Euglaud Slates textile mill labor is being picked up, aud in some of tho larger machine shops and engine-making establishments there is a scarcity of skilled labor. . THE success of our American silk mills is burtiug the import trade in silk goods. There is great activity among American silk manufacturers, aud American mills have practically driven out ribbons, hand­ kerchiefs, and plain piece goods. This is not because they are cheaper, but because they are better, and because if there is any thing wrong with the goods the wrong can righ^- v . • • The base-ball season is nearing the close, only a few more games remainiug to be played. The champion Qhicagos have proved themselves the steady stayers their friends claimed them to be, and by brilliant play in the last few weeks have distanced all competitors. Nothing but a miracle can now prevent them retaining the championship for another season. The following table show® the standing of the League clnbs at this writing: °KT . NATIONAL LEAGUE., Games Clubs- , Chicago .*3 36 Detroit ..77 81 Now York...................... .65 89 Philadelphia...... i....,.,.. .58 40 Boston .........I......40 56 St. Louis. ..................39 0f Kansas City.'....88 76 Washington .... ...................19 80 In the American Association the St. Louis club has a dead sure thing 03^ the champion flag. 2 * ' * * ' * shown below: •The eight clubs stand as Cluba-- St. Louis.......... Pittsburg Brooklyn. Louisville Cincinnati. Athletic Metropolitan,... .. Baltimore. Won. 82 . . . . . . . .68 ,.r.~;...65 64 5/ 53 46 ... ....43 Lost. 40 53 87 58 64 63 6© 74 Base-Ball Notes. - UNLIKE other clubs, Chicago . never makes crippled players an excuse for de­ feat, and they have their share of mishaps as well as other players. PRESIDENT SPALDING, of the Chicago Club: "The Chicago Clnb will liot play Sunday games, and will oppose Sunday playing in the League." KYAN, of the Chicagos, is tne best batter ot the * League youngsters. In sixteen games he made twenty-three hits, with a total of forty, an average of .352, with a to­ tal of .591. THE four weakest batters in the League and Association ate all pitchers, and yet a itcher stands as hi jh as eighth in the .league, while a twirler actually leads the Association, and another is bat three pegs below him. THE averages indicate that the best League fielding team would be: Pitchers, Boyle and Casey; catchers, O'ltourke and Bennett, basemen, Farrar, H. Kichardson, and Denny; short-stop, Force or Glasscock; outfielders, Hornung, Daily, and Fogarty. THE best League batting team according to averages would be: Buffington, Kyan, and Stemmyer, pitchers; Kelly and Ewing, catchers; Anson, Myers, and White on the bases; Glasscock, short-stop; H. Richard­ son, Hines, and Thompson in the outfield. MORE superstitious notions: Gleason, of St. Louis, always conies on the field walking astride the right foul line. Big Brouthers always lays his gloves in a cer­ tain spot while he goes into the bench or to the bat, and he allows no one to interfere with them. WIZARD SHAW has a peculiar supersti­ tion that if he steps in the box from any direction but the rear it will hoodoo him; consequently, no matter if he be standing directly in front of the box when the ball is returned to him, he religiously walks around the box to the right and goes in the back door. No power on earth could in­ duce him to enter the bat from the sides or front. SENT OUT OF THE WORLD. Bowman Paxton, the Murderer of MoGull- rery, Hanged by » Mob. [Cairo (111 ) special.] At Maiden, Mo., a week ago, Bowman Paxton, a prominent dn ggist aud business­ man, became involved in a difficulty with J. McGuilvery, a blacksmith and a neigh­ bor, which resulted in ti.? death of tho latter, the murderer only avoiding the vengeance of Judge Lynch at the time by the prompt action of the officers in placing him beyond harm in the jail in the adjacent town of Keunett. Last Sunday night the Sheriff of Dunklin County with a posse left Kennett with the prisoner en route to Maiden, where his trial was to take place. About five miles from Maiden the officers were met by a masked party of over one hundred men, who demanded the pris­ oner, at the same time indulging in threats which indicated their determination. The man %as given up, and a few miles further on was strung up to the limb of a tree and left there. Two hours later the corpse was cut down and buiied at Maiden. I'axton was a man of considerable wealth, and •tood high in the community. He had ein- Eloyed the best lawyers in his section, who ad arrived in Maiden. His wealth and social standing, the array of legal talent, and other indications iuduced the belief that he would defeat the aims of the law and escape, which caused the unwarrant­ able deed. The parties who participated in afttir arajoot known,- ' 1 Ya»t Numbers or the Tiro tireat Secret Orders Assemble in St. Loaig 1 and Boston, The Weftern Oity Crowded of Knights and Sight-Seeing Visitors. i; , I rf There was an enormous attendance upon the triennfal conclave of the Knights Tem­ plar in St. Louis. The grand parade was to have taken place Tuesday, September 21, but rain caused a postponement to Thursday. The city was gorgeously dec­ orated for the occasion. "Some of the decorations along the line laid out for the parade were maguificent," says a corres­ pondent. "Public buildings and business blocks were bright witlf parti-colored bunt­ ing. Flags and pennants billowed and fl uttered from their fronts, and high np at the tapering peaks of their lofty flagstaffs. Masonic embjems and mottoes, fanciful figures, wrought out of bunting by the decorator's skill, and wreaths of beautiful evergreen adorned the streets. The great Court House was surrounded with garlands of evergreen suspended from high poles, bearing the coats of arms of various States, from each of which graceful tri- colored pennants streamed to the ground. Immense pyramidal pillars of evergreen, crowned with Masonic emblems, stood on either side of the entrances to the great building, and directly over the entrances were fixed semi-circular sunbursts of bunt­ ing and evergreens." One of the events of the conclave was the drill and concert at the fair grounds, which was witnessed by 75,000 people. The commanderies participating were: Detroit ,(Mich) No. 1; DeMolay No. 13, of Louis­ ville; Baper No. 1, of Indianapolis; St. Bernard No. 35, of Chicago; Louisville (Ky.) No. 1; Zion No. 2, of Minneapolis and Jackson No. 7, of Jackson, Mich. The city was brilliantly illuminated Wednesday night. "The Flambeau Bat­ talion gave a parade and exhibition on the most prominent thoroughfares of the West End. Ivanhoe Commandery of St. Louis held a formal reception, which was largely attended, and proved a brilliant affair, while all the local and visiting commander­ ies kept open house. A notable reception was given by Oakland Commandery of California, at which thousands of callers were entertained in the most maguificent style. Among the noted cOmmanderies which called in bodies were: St. Bernard of Chicago, 200 Knights and ladies; Apollo of Chicago, 100 Knights; DeMolay, Louis­ ville, 150 Knights and ladies; and the Mary Commandery of Philadelphia." The Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic • Shrine, one of the highest orders of Masonry, of whose members 2,000 were iii attendance upon the conclave, initiated 200 candidates at midnight of Wednesday, the close of the Arabic year. The ceremonies were conducted by the Medina Temple of Chicago, assisted by the Imperial Potentate, Samuel Briggs, of Cleveland, Ohio. The elaborate costumes, rich jewels, mystic emblems and rites rendered the services most impressive. Previous to the ceremonies the shriners paraded the principal down-town streets, each temple accompanied by a band. The costumes and uniforms were of many vari­ eties, the only article worn in common be­ ing the red fez. The two temples which attracted the most attention and received the most generous applause were those gf Baltimore and Chicago--the former Ap­ pearing in full evening dress, the latter ifc tegular Turkish costume, fez, crimson bag trousers, jackets, etc. v i Od«l-Fellow*. The annual meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. O. 0. F., attracted an im­ mense number of people to Boston. The Grand Sire, Henry D. Carey, in his report, traced the growth of the order since its last meeting in Boston, twenty-two years ago* in 1804, with less than 10,000 New En­ gland members. The same territory now numbers 65,000 brethren. The order in general has shared this prosperity. In 18C4, in the whole world, the number of mem­ bers was 137,203; to-day there are 517,- 310 members, with an increase in& the total revenue of over $4,000,000. The or­ der is prosperous in foreign countries. Mr. Carey advocated the retention of the perma­ nent location of the Grand Lodge in Balti­ more. The figures of various Odd-Fel­ lows' beneficial associations show receipts •for the past year of $1,050,905; paid to the families of deceased members, $873,- 303; deaths, 1,752; members in good stand­ ing, 40,144; money on hand. $578,820. The figures cover forty-one bodies--all that reports have been received from. The Grand Secretary's report ^ con­ tained statements showing the" con­ dition of the order in the United States, Canada, and foreign jurisdictions. The prospects of both lodges and encamp­ ments for the present year are very fiatter- ing._ The report of the Grapd Treasurer showed a balance on hand, 011 August 20, 1885, of $15,072; receipts for the year, $19,043; expenditures, $-12,420; available assets of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, $78,096. The grand banquet given in Odd Fellows' Hall by the Sovereign Grand Lodge was a very enjoyable affair. Plates were laid for nearly five hundred persons. The gath­ ering comprised the supreme officers and other high dignitaries of the Order, to­ gether with many ladies. The parade was one of the finest ever wit­ nessed in Boston. Fifteen thousand Odd- Fellows and foity bands were in line. A platoon of police led the way, followed by the Bpston Cadet Baud and Grand Can­ ton Luzerne, of Lynn, one hundred men acting as au escort to Lieutenant General Underwood and his staff of patriarchs mil­ itant. Three divisions of patriarchs initi- taut followed. This portion of the proces­ sion was its most marked and interesting feature, the brilliant uniforms, fine march­ ing, skillful evolutions, and splendid ap­ pearance of the patriarchs calling forth universal commendation. The main body of Odd-Fellows came next in order. This part of the procession was made up of seven divisions. The procession passed in re­ view before the Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge at Odd-Fellows' Hall, before Mayor O'Brien at the City Hall, Gov. ltobinson at the State House, and Lieut. Gov. Ames on Arlington street. FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT QIJINCY. Two Men Killed and Several Others Terri­ bly Injured by Falling: Walls. IQuincy (III.) special.] A frightful accident occurred at the Can* tre Mill, which was recently burned. Work­ men were engaged in taking down the walls, when a section of the upper stories col­ lapsed, burying half a dozen persons in the ruins. Rodney Lambert, President of the Quiucy While Lime and Cement Company, had just stopped at the mill with his father to witness the work of razing the building. The elder Lambert saw the wall topple, and called to his son to jiimp, but the warning did not come quick enough, for Rodney Lambert was caught iu the mass and crushed to death, his father escaping with bad bruises. Four cither persons, all col­ ored, were also buried in the ruius, one of them being killed, and another piobably fatally hurt. All of the injured were res­ cued in a few minutes, and sent to hos­ pitals, and the bodies of the dead were re­ moved to their homes. The full list of casualties is as follows: Rodney Lambert, Garrett Douglass, killed; William Lynn, severely wounded on the head a^d breast, will probably die; Wesley Bftssett, leg broken and hurt on head; Daniel Lambert, braises and flesh wounds; Wash Piggott, f Thay 8pa*k from tte feme «Bd Sleep in the 8u a?-'";, 'pm<i Room, SSSli ' f/ u **j • - - / •" (Chattanooga spatiaL)* The campaign in Tennessee this fall is most remarkable. Nothing like it was eve* seen before in the politics of any country. Two brothers, Robert and Alfred Taylor, are rival candidates for the Governorship. They are making the canvass together. "Bob," as he is universally called, is the candidate of the Democracy, and Alf is the standard-bearer of the Republicans. Usu- allj a political contest in Tennessee is a series of personal invective long drawn out, and often the issues of the campaign are lost sight of. The campaign this fall, how­ ever, has all the points of a very, fine com- edy. If it could be reproduced on the stage with one-quarter of the realism of the original contest, it would be bound to have a long run. The brothers are on the best _of Jterms, and are constantly chaffing atid joking each other, to the amusement of the crowds that follow them wherever they go. They belong to one of the best families in Tennessee, and both have a natural gift of oratory. Alf Taylor has been playing a sly game on his brother. He has left two or three political meetings early on account of his weak voice and furnished dance music for parties. Both of the. brothers are fair mu­ sicians and know how to handle a violin. Bob got onto his brother's dodge very soon* however, and retaliated by visiting half of the ^ houses along their route, kissing the babies and promising them all birthday presents when they grew up. These Bide issues, so to speak, began to tell" on the constitutions of the brothers, and a com­ promise has been arranged. Bob is to stop kissing the babies unless Alf is present and can come in for his share of the glory, and also agrees not to speak quite so loud or long until his voice gets into better condi­ tion. ^ In additiou Bob says he will not mention Cleveland's civil-service policy again during the campaign. For these con­ cessions Alf has agreed to 6top fiddling ex<- cept in duets with his brother. But as the violin has been introduced into the canvass they find that they cannot put it out. Everywhere they go they are compelled to take their violins with them and play a shake-down after the regular meeting of the night is over. The brothers' duet played at the Rfead House here last evening was a very amusing sight. The parlors were crowded, and the two brothers sat close together, surrounded by their adherents. "Dixie," "Star-Spangled Ban­ ner," "Old Kentucky Home," and selections from the " Mikado" were rendered in fine style. It was impossible, amid the shouts of laughter and applause, to say whieh was the better man with the bow. At Cleveland, Tenn.,- last week, the brothers addressed the largest meeting of the campaign. This is a Republican strong­ hold, and Alf was in high feather. But Bob's followers made up in shouting what they lacked in numbers. While waiting to board the train at Athens for Cleveland a crowd gathered around the station. The sun was hot, and the brothers sought- the- shade of a neighboring tree. Here the crowd followed them, and the jokes flew pretty thick. "Alf," yaid Bob, "would be lost if it was not for his little tariff and Blair bill." "You don't want to come out too strong about our Mexican diplomacy," retorted Alf. "You must be referring to Mr. Blaine's guano contracts," said Bob. good-naturedly. "But what are yoq going to do with the public domain, Bob?" asked Alf. winking slyly to the crowd. "Sell it and educate those 400,000 ignorant Tennessee children you are always talking about." 'At this moment a hardy mountaineer ap­ proached on the i&ene. He approached Alf and said: "I want a place under the next Governor." But before he could reply Bob spoke up: "Here he is; what can I do for you?" The crowd laughed, but Alf got in a neat rejoinder by saying: " 'A public office is a public trust.' I cannot promise patronage for votes." Some one rang a chestnut bell, and a minute later the broth- eis were boarding the train arm in aim, and bowing their acknowledgments to the cheering crowd. The gathering at Cleveland is typical of what has met the brothers all over the State. "Remember," said Squire Gant, in introducing "our Alf" to the public, "that an insult to one of these gentlemen is an insult to the other," and this represents the policy of the campaign. There are no side issues in Tennessee this fall. The ques­ tion is simply between Democracy and Re­ publicanism, and both sides feel that the resulf will be a true test of each party's strength. The brothers at the Cleveland meeting exerted themselves to the best of their ability, trying to outdo each other. Alf was the first speaker, atid although his voice was a little hoarse he got in sevt ral sledge­ hammer blows on his opponent. He began on the tariff, and followed out the line of Mr. Blaine's arguments in advancing his protection ideas. He quoted the Courier- Journal and other papers to prove that the last Democratic House failed to do its duty and relieve the burdens of the people. He. said that the Prohibitionists ought to sup­ port the Republican party, because the Re- EubUcans are in favor of inserting a prohi-ition plank in their platform. He advo­ cated the Blair educational bill, and came out squarely for the Hamiltonian theory of strong centralized government. He stated his case logically, and closed with a severe arraignment of Cleveland's administration. He asserted that the Republican party was the party of progress, and the young men of the South shotdd make baste and join its ranks. Bob was an interested listener to his brother's eloquence, and his reply was very happy. Referring to the Blair bill he said: "My fellow-citizens, did you ever hear of the Republican party doing or attempting to do anything for the cause of popular education while it was in power? No. It is only when it has betn ejected from the administration of our Government that in a fit of desperation it begins to cast about for some scheme whereby to get a lever to raise it into popular favor. It hit upon the Blair bill. It says we have a surplus in the Treasury, and forthwith proposes to devise this plan of education to tickle the poor man. I say to you that there is not a single dollar in the Treasury of the United States. We have an unpaid debt. As long as that lasts the Treasury will contain no sur­ plus." The applause was about evenly divided between the brothers, and each received several^andsome bouquets. Back at the hotel that night there was a general recep­ tion. Partisans of each side jostled one another in the crowd, and both candidates shook hands with Democrats and Repub­ licans alike. Bob and Alf produced the violins, and the reception closed with a grand breakdown and waltz. There is some talk here of nominating the Rev. Mr. Taylor, father of Bob and Alf, on the Prohibition ticket, and Mrs. Taylor, the mother, on the Woman Suffrage plat­ form. In that event matters would become complicated indeed ' I At Athens another feature was intro­ duced into this canvass which promises to become a regular card.1 Home one alluded to it as the War of the Roses, and the ex­ pression was promptly caught up by the crowd. It furnished the proper campaign insignia. At once the red rose became the badge of the Republicans and the white rose the emblem of Democracy. It spread like wild fire, and within forty-eight hours these historic decorations were worn in rosettes from one end of the State to the other. The ladies, too, are flying the «ota*j"ri!-:9iMrir choice. • ^ \ -i